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Course summary

This program is dedicated to skilled storytelling and the creation of documentary and narrative works in visual and audio media as well as other informative and entertaining programming for delivery on film, television, DVD, the Internet, cell phone and all emerging media platforms. Students are immersed in techniques of visual storytelling that demand expertise in single and multicamera video production and writing and producing for film, radio, television and the Internet. Students in the program learn: to conceive and organize ideas clearly and forcefully through writing, to shape those ideas for expression through image and sound, to master the complex grammar of image and sound editing and the challenging artistry of lighting for both single and multicamera environments, to master the acquisition, composition and manipulation of moving images and sound. Graduates of the program are well positioned to pursue careers in the creation (writing, directing, editing, acquisition and distribution) of a broad range of digital material for all current and emerging media platforms. They are prepared to work for corporate, entertainment and not-for-profit institutions engaged in delivering entertainment and information programming to audiences around the world and have a firm foundation to pursue graduate work, including a master of fine arts degree.

Program modules

This program covers the following modules, Major Requirements (40 credits), Required communications core courses (9 credits), (To be completed by the end of sophomore year with a minimum B- average), MSS 101 Introduction to Media Communications 3, JRN 160 Introduction to Media Writing 3, MSS 220 Media History 3, Other required media production courses (22 credits):FVI/MEP 210 Production Fundamentals I 3, FVI/MEP 212 Production Fundamentals II 3, FVI/MEP 340 Analysis of the Moving Image 3, FVI/MEP 345 Writing and Producing Media 3, FVI/MEP 450 Senior Seminar 3, FVI/MEP 494 Senior Colloquy 1, FVI/MEP 495 Senior Project (capstone) 3, MSS 340 Communications Law and Ethics 3, Electives (select 3 courses/9 credits): FVI/MEP 310 Creating Interactive Media 3, FVI/MEP 312 Projects in Interactive Media 3, FVI/MEP 355 Projects in Single-Camera Production 3, FVI/MEP 372 Scriptwriting 3, FVI/MEP 375 Advanced Camera and Lighting 3, FVI/MEP 380 Projects in Audio Production 3, FVI/MEP 390 Projects in Multicamera Production 3, FVI/MEP 392 t-Production Techniques 3, FVI/MEP 393 Animation Techniques 3, FVI/MEP 397 Summer Production Project 4, FVI/MEP 410 Game Design and Development 3, MSS 490 Internship 3.

Entry requirement for international students

Students from the high school should have a college preparatory sequence which includes at least four years of English, three years of mathematics (physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and physician assistant applicants should have four years) and two or more years of science (all health science applicants are expected to have biology and chemistry; physical therapy applicants should also have physics, two years of social science, two years of a foreign language, three academic electives and High school grades in these subjects and the SAT I Reasoning Test or ACT scores are important factors in the selection process. A minimum score of 550 (78 Internet based or 213 in the CBT computer-based TOEFL) is required for admission.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Quinnipiac University

Department name

School of Communications, Department of Film, Video and Interactive Media